A nurse led smoking cessation intervention increased cessation rates after hospital admission for coronary heart disease
Q Is a nurse led, smoking cessation intervention, given individually for more than 5 months, effective in patients admitted to hospital for coronary heart disease?
METHODS
Design:
randomised controlled trial.
Allocation:
{concealed}*.
Blinding:
blinded {patients and healthcare providers}*.
Follow up period:
12 months.
Setting:
cardiac ward of a general hospital in Kristiansand, Norway.
Patients:
250 patients <76 years of age who were current daily smokers and had been admitted to hospital for myocardial infarction, unstable angina, or coronary bypass surgery. Exclusion criteria: serious illness associated with a short life span, serious psychiatric problems, alcoholism, or dementia. (10 patients were withdrawn after randomisation because of a refuting diagnosis; the remaining 240 patients had a mean age of 57 y, and 76% were men.)
Intervention:
125 patients were allocated to an intervention …
